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CAMH study suggests increased risk of schizophrenia in heavy methamphetamine users
Pot Shock
Marijuana and Schizophrenia
CAMH study suggests increased risk of schizophrenia in heavy methamphetamine users
Impact of cannabis use on thalamic volume in people at familial high risk of schizophrenia
One in four at risk of cannabis psychosis
‘Cannabis causes chaos in the brain’
Genetic Risk Factors for both Marijuana and Alcohol Misuse Similar
Genes Help Determine Brain Response to Alcohol, Medication, NIAAA Says
Study Shows Drug-Addicted Individuals May Have Less Brain Matter
Marijuana Use Precedes the Onset Of Psychotic Symptoms In Youth and Young Adults
One-Third of Fatally Injured Drivers with Known Test Results
Study Links Smoking With Brain Changes and Memory Decline
Scripps Research scientists find key mechanism in transition to alcohol dependence
Exposure leads to more aggressive behavior and attention problems in 18-month-old girls.
Prenatal Exposure to Nicotine Affects Stem Cells in Hippocampus
Nicotine and Cocaine Leave Similar Mark on Brain After First Contact
Systems-Scale Analysis Reveals Pathways Involved in Cellular Response to Methamphetamine
Long-term ecstasy use ‘raises risk of brain damage and Alzheimer’s’
New Cannabis-Like Drugs Could Block Pain Without Affecting Brain, Says Study
Separating The Therapeutic Benefits Of Cannabis From Its Mood-Altering Side-Effects
Cerebrovascular perfusion in marijuana users during a month of monitored abstinence
Cannabis Use and Earlier Onset of Psychosis – A Systematic Meta-analysis
Cannabis affects driving skills
Brain Scans Show Danger of Meth Exposure During Pregnancy
Brain abnormalities could be key to understanding cocaine dependency
Binge drinking ‘can damage memory skills’ in teen girls
Teacher-assessed behavior of children prenatally exposed to cocaine.
Cannabis Use and Psychosis
Cannabis use ‘doubles risk of psychosis for teenagers’
People who use marijuana for a long time can develop abnormalities in their brains
Drug addiction: the neurobiology of disrupted self-control
Addiction: Pulling at the Neural Threads of Social Behaviors
Teen Substance Abuse Often Continues into Middle Age
Cannabis Use and Earlier Onset of Psychosis: A Systematic Meta-analysis
Study Reveals New Strategy for Reducing Alcohol Craving
Sleeping Problems Linger for Recovering Alcoholics
Teenagers, Friends and Bad Decisions
Cannabis use and educational achievement: Findings from three Australasian cohort studies
Link between teenage binge drinking and damage to prospective memory.
Impulse Control Area In Brain Affected In Teens With Genetic Vulnerability For Alcoholism
One in four at risk of cannabis psychosis
A Generational Link to Alcohol Abuse
Will smoking dope make me thick?
Cocaine addicts have an altered perception of reward
Neurophysiological link between cannabis use and schizophrenia found
Alcoholics facing long-term brain damage
Why Cocaine Is So Addictive: Activation of Specific Neurons Linked to Alterations in Cocaine Reward
Liverpool University study reveals stress hormone impact on alcohol recovery
Cocaine: Perceived As A Reward By The Brain?
Drug Addiction: Environmental Conditions Play Major Role In Effective Treatment And Preventing Relapses, Animal Study Shows
Brain Mechanism Linked to Relapse After Cocaine Withdrawal
Smoking and Teenage Depression
Studies Demonstrate Analgesic Properties Of Synthetic Cannabinoid
Why Drug Users Become Addicts
Tiny RNA Molecule Could Prevent Cocaine Addiction
“Medical” Marijuana Use Has The Same Effect As Recreational Use
Tobacco Tax Hike Could Curb Smoking Among Those With Alcohol, Drug or Mental Disorders
Pill To Fight Alcoholism
Low Brain Serotonin Transporter Levels In Ecstasy Users
Translating Effective Web-based Self-help for Problem drinking into the Real World.
Steroid Users Appear More Likely To Commit Crimes Involving Weapons And Fraud, Scientists In Sweden Report
20 Children A Day Treated For Alcoholism
The Spread of Sleep Loss Influences Drug Use in Adolescent Social Networks
Is Addiction Hereditary?
Separate And Joint Effects Of Alcohol And Tobacco On The Nucleus Accumbens
Low brain serotonin transporter levels in ecstasy users
Binge Drinking Kills Teenage Brain Cells
Separate And Joint Effects Of Alcohol And Tobacco On The Nucleus Accumbens
Parents: Know warning signs of drug abuse
Alcohol binge drinking linked to increased hypomania risk
Brain damage kills craving for nicotine
Anterior cingulate grey-matter deficits and cannabis use in first-episode schizophrenia
Behavioral Response to Novelty Foreshadows Neurological Response to Cocaine
Neurobiological effects of early life cannabis exposure in relation to the gateway hypothesis
New study confirms dopamine depletion
Abstinence regenerates alcoholic brain
Within the mind of every smoker
Prospective memory loss linked to teenage alcohol abuse
Researchers Say Smokers Cost Employers in Missed Work Days, Poor Performance
Cannabis ‘disrupts brain centre’
Subtypes of Alcoholism Discovered
The New Science of “Neuroplasticity”
Nicotinic receptors may be important targets for treatment of multiple addictions
Brain dysfunction blamed for drug fix
Strange Protein in Brains of Drug Users
Drinking Alcohol Associated With Smaller Brain Volume
Psychosis More Common Among Teen Marijuana Users: Study
Genetic Risk Factors for both Marijuana and Alcohol Misuse Similar
More Evidence of Marijuana-Psychosis Link
Research Triangle International – A Prevention Science Approach
Recreational Cocaine Use May Impair Inhibitory Control
Ecstasy Can Harm The Brains Of First-Time Users
Teens smoking marijuana at increased schizophrenia risk
Heavy Marijuana Use Damages Young Minds
Everyday and prospective memory deficits in ecstasy/polydrug users
Cannabis use and risk of psychotic or affective mental health outcomes: a systematic review
Common Gene Variant May Offer Protection Against Marijuana Dependence
Chronic Abuse of Different Drugs Causes Similar Brain Changes
New Tool Is Available for Characterizing Nicotine Receptors in the Brain
Club Drugs Inflict Damage Similar To Traumatic Brain Injury
Ecstasy Can Quickly Hurt Brain, Researchers Say
Research Shows Parenting Can Prevent Drug Use, Aid Brain Development, NIDA Chief Says
Study Shows Gene Changes in Brain Caused by Cocaine
Electrical Brain Stimulation Shows Promise for Cocaine Treatment,
Imaging Study Shows Awareness Deficit in Marijuana Abusers
Daily Consumption Of Cannabis Predisposes To Appearance Of Psychosis And Schizophrenia, Study Finds
Cannabis Damages Young Brains More Than Originally Thought, Study Finds
Will smoking dope make me thick?
Does the Desire for Drugs Begin Outside Awareness?
Causes of Meth Brain Damage Explored
Cannabinoid combination affects cannabis-linked psychological symptoms
Effects of alcohol on the adolescent brain
Long-term Cannabis Users May Have Structural Brain Abnormalities
Marijuana craving in the brain
Insight Into The Way Nicotine Works In The Brain
Cannabis may shrink brain, scientists report
A Polymorphism in CALHM1 Influences Ca2+ Homeostasis, Aβ Levels, and Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
Schizophrenia Linked To Dysfunction In Molecular Brain Pathway Activated By Marijuana
Potential Medication Can Reduce Effects Of Smoked Marijuana In Humans
Mechanism Behind Cocaine Craving Identified
OHSU Scientists Discover Mice Lacking Dopamine Receptor Are Supersensitive To Alcohol, Cocaine And Methamphetamine
Researchers Shed Light On Anxiety And Alcohol Intake
Brain DNA ‘Remodeled’ In Alcoholism
Brain Chemistry Ties Anxiety And Alcoholism
Cocaine Addicts’ Brains Reveal Predisposition to Abuse
Marijuana’s High Times Not Memorable with Neurons Out of Sync
New research reveals how cannabis alters brain function
Addicts ‘find less pleasure in life’
Heavy Marijuana Use May Damage Developing Brain In Teens, Young Adults
Early onset cannabis use related to brain damage
Heavy Marijuana Use May Damage Developing Brain In Teens, Young Adults
Coping skills training and contingency management treatments for marijuana dependence: exploring mechanisms of behavior change.
Report finds that drug abuse harms degrees
Marijuana Use Affects Blood Flow In Brain Even After Abstinence
Smoking Seems To Increase Brain Damage In Alcoholics
Scientists Show How Brain Protein is Involved in Addiction
Cocaine Users’ Brains Behave Differently from Non-Users’
Brain Functions That Can Prevent Relapse Improve After A Year Of Methamphetamine Abstinence
Marijuana May Disrupt Brain Development
Site For Alcohol’s Action In The Brain Discovered
Denicotinized Cigarettes Affect Nicotine Receptors in Smokers’ Brains
Genetic Variation May Increase Nicotine Craving and Smoking Relapse
Twins Study Links Early Marijuana Use to Increased Risk of Abuse or Dependence
Pot changes brain more than a month after use, Yale imaging study finds
Protein Linked to Addiction, Learning Disorder
Research Looks At How Brain Cells Adapt to Alcohol, Drugs
Teen Brain Wired to Seek Easy Rewards
MJ & Violence
Drug Addiction As A Developmental Disorder
Drug addiction relapse neurons identified
Drug Use Sensitizes The Brain
Brain Imaging Sheds Light On Moral Decision-Making
E Makes You Forget Things & Fail To See Patterns
Ecstasy Damages the Brain and Impairs Memory in Humans
Brain Shows Ability To Recover From Some Methamphetamine Damage
Study Shows Ritalin May Cause Long-Term Changes In The Brain
Ecstasy link to long term brain damage
Autopsy gives clues to Ecstasy effects
Pregnancy, Drugs & Alcohol emotional instability: what nightmares are made of
Stimulants Alter Experiental Brain Changes
Meth Withdrawal Causes Brain Abnormalities
Cannabis use dulls the brain
Relapse Tied to Specific Brain Region
Mayo Clinic to Study Genetics of Addiction
Cannabis extract shrinks brain tumours
Cold Turkey Works Best For Addicts
Doctors link marijuana to mental illness
Scientists Work on Drugs to Curb Multiple Addictions
How our brains fend off madness
Antisocial Disorders More Common Among Addicted
Brain Development
Ecstasy related to learning deficits
Marijuana’s Effects Linger in the Brain
Moderate Drinking, Other Lifestyle Choices Affect Alzheimers
New Study Shows Brain Reacts To Cigarettes Like Heroin
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Slows Cognitive Function
Rates of mental illness combined with drug abuse soar
Research Reveals Faulty Biological Clock Genes Could Influence Addiction
Studies Seek Key to Drug Users’ Impulsiveness
Substance Abusers More Likely to Have Antisocial Disorders
Who becomes cannabis dependent soon after onset of use?
Adult Antisocial Syndromes Common Among Substance Abusers
Brain Chemical Plays Critical Role In Drinking And Anxiety
Brain Images Show How Smoking Acts on Nicotine Receptors
Cocaine alters brain cells, impairs impulse control
Memory, Speed of Thinking Get Worse over Time with Marijuana Use
New Class Of Chemicals Found To Use Marijuana-Like System In Brain
Cannabis Psychosis
Research on the effects of cannabis on cognitive performance
Marijuana and Schizophrenia
Cannabis and psychiatric reactions
Cannabis and psychiatric reactions
Early Marijuana Use Called Pathway to Addiction
Cigarette Smoking and Cognitive decline in Mid-Life Evidence From a Prospective Birth Cohort Study
Rat Study Conducted by University of Georgia Researchers Suggests That Cannabis Interferes With Sustained Attention
Smoking and drug abuse traits linked to genes
Students who smoke marijuana likely to see lower math scores
Evidence Accumulates That Long-Term Marijuana Users Experience Withdrawal
Cannabinoid has no impact on spasticity associated with MS
Study shows MS patients further impaired by smoking Low-THC marijuana
THC-caused apoptosis linked to central nervous system abnormalities in infants
Addiction Code in Brain
Yale Study Terms Addiction a Developmental Disorder
Marijuana Can Trigger Rapid Drop in Blood Pressure
Child abuse can lead to substance abuse
Cocaine May Compromise Immune System, Increase Risk of Infection
Marijuana Compounds May Act Without Causing a High
Cannabis pain relief without the high
Drug abuse linked to brain hemmorhage in young adults
Ecstasy and Pot : Double the memory damage
Drug abuse linked to brain hemmorhage in young adults
Genetics Plays Role In Relapse Of Illicit Drug-seeking Behavior
Exposure to Marijuana in Womb May Harm Brain
Child drug use ‘aggression link’
Cannabis ‘linked to aggression’
Ecstasy May Leave Brain More Prone To Infection
Residential Student Assistance Program
Psychosis due to “skunk”
Cerebral Atrophy In Young Cannabis Smokers
Wired for Addiction
Ecstasy
Pathology of deaths associated with “ecstasy” and “eve” misuse
What influences young people to take drugs?
Boys & Girls Clubs in Public Housing Developments: – Prevention Services for Youth At Risk
Neurochemical Correlates of Cocaine-Seeking Behaviour
Cortical and striatal circuits influenced during repeated methamphetamine administration
Gateway Theory
Pharmacologic Factors
Learning Theory
Early Marijuana Use Linked to Adult Dependence
Not High on Math?
Forgetting the future
Repeated Drug Use Dulls The Memory
Does Cocaine Used During Pregnancy Harm Developing Fetal Brain?
Recent Scientific findings – COCAINE
Cocaine Kills Cells In Brain’s Pleasure Centre
Cocaine’s chemical ‘switch’ stays turned on
Another Cocaine-Related Brain Process Identified
Untangling The Matrix Of Risk Factors For Alcoholism
Long-term alcohol abstinence reverses some brain structural changes
When alcohol and nicotine interact
Behavioural outcomes among children of alcoholics during the early and middle childhood years
People clinically identified as substance abusers have an elevated risk of injury
Aggressive behaviour in boys and men is not a learned behaviour
Addiction Linked to Criminal Activity
Cannibis Effects On the Brain & Behaviour